We talk about civilization as though it's a static state. There are no civilized people yet, it's a process that's constantly going on... As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.

We will never know what anyone is really like, until everyone has economic security and doesn't have to answer to anyone else.

No one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry, patriotism and hatred; these are all learned behavior patterns.

Lack of education turns soldiers into killing machines.

Much of a behavior acceptable today would be socially offensive in a saner or more logical arrangement.

When biological technology becomes further advanced, human beings as we know them, will become a modified species. If we as human beings fail to include the possibility of this development in our overall, social evolution we will witness the decline of our species

If you took the profit out of war, there would be no war. What the hell do you think war is? You think we go to another country to bring democracy? We go there 'cause there's oil, resources or something we need.